Bust molding and uplifting garment



1948- M. E. WHITTNER 2,456,552

BUST MOLDING AND UPLIFTING GARMENT Filed June 28, 1947 INVENTOR. M4 94- 1a IA/ITTA/G A TTOE/VEY Patented Dec. 14, 1948 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,456,552 BUST MOLDING AND UPL IFTING GARMENT Max Emanuel Wittner, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Application June 28, 1947, Serial No. 757,698

3 Claims.

This invention relates to bust molding and uplifting garments such as brassieresand brassire tops of corsets. More particularly my invention pertains to garments of the character described which are adapted to be used by women whose breasts no longer have a youthful firmness.

It is an object of my invention to provide a garment of the character described which will artificially constrict the bases of the breasts, attractively shape the breasts, form a stylish area of separation between the breasts, and prevent the constricted bases of the breasts from slippin out of the garment.

It is another object of my invention to provide a garment of the character described capable of performing the foregoing functions efficiently, with a relatively few number of parts and with a simple construction which can be manufactured easily and at a low cost.

Other objects of my invention will in part be obvious and in part hereinafter pointed out.

My invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, arrangements of parts and combinations of elements which will be exemplified in the brassiere hereinafter described, and the scope of which will be indicated in the appended claims.

In the drawings, in which is shown one ofthe various possible embodiments of my invention Fig. l is a front perspective view of a brassire constructed in accordance with my invention, the same being shown as it appears when .worn, and

Figs. 2 and 3 are outer and inner views, respectively, of the brassiere as it appears when spread out on a fiat surface.

Referring in detail to the drawings, the numeral Ill generally designates a brassierewhose construction embodies my invention. In essence said brassiere comprises two bust covering portions l2, I4 which are secured to each other verticaly at the center of the garment by stitching I6. Side panels I8, 20 are sewed at 22 24 to the outer edges of the portion I2, l4; and rear panels 26, 28 are stitched at 30, 32 to the back edges of the sidepanels. The free ends of the rear panels carry rows of hooks 34 and eyes 36 which enable the brassire to be secured to a wearer. The usual shoulder straps 38 also are included.

It will be understoodby' those skilled in the art that the brassiere as thus far described is conventional, and it may be mentioned at this point that the brassiere may be conventionally modified without in any wise altering the'essential construction and operation, of those parts thereof which constitute my invention. For example, the side and rear panels at each side of the portions l2, 14 may be joined to form one instead of two panels and the vertical dimension of the brassire may be shortened by removing some 2 or all of the fabric below the level of those areas of the bust covering portions which actively shape and constrain the breasts.

The present invention resides in the aforesaid areas of the bust covering portions and, accordingly, those portions will be described in detail. However, since said portions l2, M are mirror images of one another, the construction of one only will be outlined.

Each said portion comprises a bias-cut panel 40 which extends from the bottom to substantially the top of the bust covering portion. If desired, the part of said panel below the active breast shaping and constraining area may be re- I placed by a band in accordance with standard practice. The panel is formed with the usual properlyshaped darts 42, 44 which impart the requisite dome-shaped formation thereto in the region overlying a breast.

The side edges 46, 48. of the panel converge to an apex 50, the. convergence starting at points 52, 54 which mark the lower limit of an active breast shaping and constraining area. Two straight-cut fabric pieces 56, 58 are applied on the back of the panel 40, these pieces each extending from a converging side edge 46, 48 to the center dart 44. Said pieces slope upwardly at slight opposite angles from the center dart; and the lower edges til, 62 of said pieces run downwardly at the same angles from the points 52, 54 to the center dart. The upper edges 64, 66 of said pieces are oriented in like manner and are located within an area covered by the base of a breast which the brassiere is adapted to mold. The lower edges 6!], 52 are disposed outside of this area. A plurality of lines of stitching 68, running parallel to the edges 6066, secure the straight-cut fabric pieces to the bias-cut panel 40 and somewhat stiffen this region of the bras siere.

Pursuant to a primary aspect of my invention, each of the converging side edges 46, 48 has secured to it, as by stitching, a relatively wide fabric band which is less supple than the material of the panel 40. Preferably this effect is secured this may be achieved by using heavier material or multiple plies in the band, or both. As illustrated herein the bands are made of two plies. Thus, the outer side edge 48 has stitched to it an interior band 10 of a material heavier than that Of the panel 40, and an exterior band 12, which is coextensive with the interior band 10, and consists of a material of about the same weight as that of the panel 40 but having a difierent finish for the sake of attractiveness. For example, the panel 40 is made of a fabric with a dull finish and the material of the band 12 has a shiny finish. Preferably the bands fiare downwardly. The upper edges 14 of the bands I0, 12 define the outer portion of the upper edge of the bust covering portion and the outer side edges 16 of said bands define the outer side edge of the bust covering portions above, the. point 54. For; areason, which wiil'sbeapointedi out hereinafter; the bands are straight-cut, i. e. the Warp or woof of the bands is approximately parallel to either the.

upper edges it or lower edges 76 of the bands.

The inner side edge 46 of the pan'eL 4h. has; secured to it an interior band 18 and acoextensive exterior band 80 made of materials respectively similar to those of the bands 18512. Theihan'dsz lower edges of the interior pieces afiords firm anchoring lines for the side edges of said pieces.

With respect to the continuously concavely curyedwj Qpiedge i the centenof theibrassiere, I have foiindithatnts presen e improves the separation between the shaped breastsj I believe this is due to the uniform tension obtained in and between the inner bands because of the unbroken concave curve: 1 f1 Thebrassire. may include other conventional adjuncts associated with the breast covering portions; a'sfor-e1rample an interior cover 90 and 78 and 8% likewise are wide and flare downwardlyv The upper edges 82 of the bands '18, Bil define the inner portion of theupper edge of the bust covering portionand the outerside-ed'ges 84 of said bands definethe inner side-edgeof thebust covering portion above-the point 52-1 The lower to'mold' and the lower edges 12; 3B of the bands are" iocatedwith' said" area. The ends of the upperedges 82 of the innerbands'la sfl are concave and terminateat right angles to' the median line It" of joinder' between.

the bust covering portions sothat th'einner bands of both bust" covering; portions merge smoothly to form a" continuously con-cavely" curved top edge at thecent'er'of' the brassiere'the result of whose presencewill be'indicated' shortly hereinafter:

'It now'willbeapparent that each bust covering" portion includes a ingle-ply. zone 88:01? bias'ecut. material which has a dome-shaped configuration impartedithereto bythedarts 42; M, the bound:- aries cf saidzonebeing Within the area covered by the base of" a breast whichthe brassire is adapted to mold; This zoneis" the protuberan'tarea of the-busti covering'portionand the flesh of addreast largely'i-sforced into it by'thie stiffened zones atth'e-inte'rior pieces-55; tt-and'by the less flexible zones constituting theheavy double-ply innergand outer bands. By making both sets of. bands straight-cut this action isen'hanced' and furthermore, since the pull of the shoulder straps is'along the longitudinal-axis of both sets of'band's, these-bands willfbetaut, thereby preventing any fieshof the breast from slipping out sidewise from b'eneaththeconfines ofthe brassiere. Moreover;

it will be seenthat the two sets of bands and;

the" two-ihterior pieces bound the zone; 88 ina quadrilateral fashion with an u perapex at its top-and'a lower-apex at its-bottom; Thepullof the shoulder strap, accordingly, tends tobring together the side api'ces thereby to' fashionably" in crease'the'separation between and protuberance of the breast.

- Inaddition, theseparation between the breasts ismademore marked by extending the inner; bands" to the lower edges of theinterior pieces; A'l'so, extending'both sets of hands downto; the

elasticgores 92.

It'vvill thus be seen that there is provided a brassiere, which achieves the several objects of the inventipnaii'd iswell adapt'd to meet the con- A "various-pus"bleembodiments'might be-made ofthe' above-invention and as various" changes might be "madein the -embodimentabov'e se't forth,

iti'sft'obe understbod that-all'matter herein d'escribed or shown iii the accompanying drawings is to be-interp' w ete i "fiothierids navingtnus described myinvention, 1 claim asne'w and se ue to secure by I'i'et't'ers Patent 1; bust 'inoldihg anduplifting garment con stituting a pair of like bust covering-portions and meansto hold the-same-inp ition on a wearer,

' each said? bust coye'ring portion-including ';a" panel" of hia's 'cut material comprising a dome-shaped zonetth'eboundaries of whicharewithin the area covered by the ba'sdf'fa bre'astwhichithebust covering portion is" iotedf to; mold' the upper side e i "espf jsaid 'parielfionverging upwardly from belows'aid" dom ap d zone to substantially a p domeeshaped zone, each portion further comprisin .a utflban'df's' one disposed along.-

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ir o ste being" wide s .abbllti' tile middle thereof arid to t" m l in an ;arr n e e a e m claim I wherein the 'ban'd'fs are double-ply for andstifier than the'materia'l of the dome-shaped,

zone whereby said; bands. .rwill ,fprce th e flesh. of s the breasts int ,,said zone and prevent slippage out from beneath the samel V 3..Anbust,1nolding and'upli ftingi garment asset forth inclaim ,lr'wl'iereinfstitching means. is provi djegl stiffen the, bias' -cutfpanel beneath the, d'onie-shapedr'fzones, j'said means, comprising. a

plurality. of 'parallelgrows of stitching, running frompneto, the other oflthe upwardly converging. upper, side edges of, each} panel said rows; slant,

inglupwar-dly. from their. centers -Whereby he band'siandlirow's, conjoint'ly define. a quadrilateral peitin et'enfcnjsaid domershapedzonec V 1 i WTTTNER.

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